Modern scientific research believes that plant foods, whether rice, flour, beans, vegetables, melons and fruits, are rich in carbohydrates, plant fats, plant proteins, cellulose, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. These nutrients are easy to absorb, participate in cell metabolism, regulate physiological functions, supplement various nutrients needed by human body, and have no side effects, which are beneficial and harmless to human body.
Carbohydrate and its heat energy needed by human body mainly come from rice, flour, potatoes and other foods. Protein provided by beans, especially soybeans, is an indispensable component of human tissues. Soybean is rich in lecithin, which has the value of eliminating diseases and prolonging life. Soybean is also a good anti-cancer food, and its efficacy comes from a special substance contained in soybean-Isoacetone, which only exists in soybean. For another example, plant foods such as spinach, cabbage, cauliflower and sesame are rich in minerals and vitamin E, which can promote cell division and delay the aging process of cells; Contains a large amount of plant cellulose, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate the excretion of harmful substances and feces in food residues, and prevent "self-poisoning"; It contains a lot of vitamin C, and it also plays a certain role in preventing diseases and tumors.
According to the analysis of relevant data, the average life expectancy of long-term vegetarians is about 10 years longer than that of long-term carnivores. Mexican Indians have always been vegetarians, and their average life expectancy is longer than others. A birthday girl in Kuwait told reporters when celebrating her124th birthday: "I have been a vegetarian all my life, never eating meat, and I feel good about myself. According to a survey published by the German magazine Observation, vegetarians live longer than meat eaters, and the longer they stay vegetarian, the longer they live.
Buddhists in China give up vegetarian food all their lives and live longer than ordinary people. There are many longevity stars in Hainan, and one of its experiences is that it is mainly vegetarian. In the deep valleys of the Himalayas, there is a long-lived people-Hongzha people. They have no "civilization disease" and their average life span is over 1000 years. After investigation, some scholars said that the secret of their longevity lies in eating vegetarian food, drinking goat's milk, eating less meat, and getting nutrients from natural food. Now many centenarians at home and abroad advocate vegetarianism. The fact of longevity proves that the theory of vegetarianism is well-founded.
Maxwell, a British vegetarian expert and chairman of the British Vegetarian Association, enjoys a high reputation in international vegetarian organizations. He said, "Vegetarians are less likely to suffer from cancer, heart disease and high blood pressure. I am a vegetarian. He also said with emotion: "Things are unpredictable, and now orientals take the lifestyle of westerners as the learning object. Vegetarianism originated in the East. Today, westerners have begun to realize the dangers of eating meat, and they are desperately trying to get rid of this eating habit. On the contrary, people in the East regard eating meat as a fashion. What the vegetarian expert said is very reasonable. Now western nutritionists say that people in China should learn to eat more plant-based food and less animal-based food, and at the same time, they also advise people in the East to eat less western food. In recent years, the diet structure of big cities in China has a tendency to blindly imitate the western model. In 1960s, the daily intake of bean products of Beijing residents reached 79.8g, but now it has dropped to11.1g. The intake of cereals and potatoes also decreased significantly, while the intake of animal food and oil increased by nearly 10 times, and the intake of salt and soy sauce was far higher than the national level. Therefore, we can't apply the western dietary pattern to guide our diet. In this regard, China nutritionist Chen Junshi clearly suggested that people in China should eat less meat.